affectatious

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US, UK/ˌæf.ɛkˈteɪ.ʃəs/

adjective

Pretentious, artificial, fake, sham, feigned; doing something just for show.

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Meanings

adjectiveaffectatious (comparative more affectatious, superlative most affectatious)

comparative more affectatious · superlative most affectatious

  1. Pretentious, artificial, fake, sham, feigned; doing something just for show.

    At the same time, American intellectual and artistic elites, … help create a sophisticated, if sometimes affectatious urban mentality.

    2004, “Chapter Two”, in The Hidden Handshake: National Identity and Europe in the Post-Communist World (Political Science), Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 54

Origin

From affectation + -ous or + -ious.

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affectatious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affectatious

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “affectatious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affectatious.

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